Atomic-scale electromagnetic theory bridging optics in microscopic world and macroscopic world  

作　　者：李志远 陈剑锋 Zhi-Yuan Li;Jian-Feng Chen(School of Physics and Optoelectronics,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510641,China)

机构地区：[1]School of Physics and Optoelectronics,South China University of Technology,Guangzhou 510641,China

出　　处：《Chinese Physics B》2023年第10期483-502,共20页中国物理B（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the Guangdong Innovative and Entrepreneurial Research Team Program (Grant No. 2016ZT06C594);the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province of China (Grant No. 2020B010190001);the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFA0306200);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11974119)。

摘　　要：Atoms in the microscopic world are the basic building blocks of the macroscopic world. In this work, we construct an atomic-scale electromagnetic theory that bridges optics in the microscopic and macroscopic worlds. As the building block of the theory, we use the microscopic polarizability to describe the optical response of a single atom, solve the transport of electromagnetic wave through a single atomic layer under arbitrary incident angle and polarization of the light beam, construct the single atomic layer transfer matrix for light transport across the atomic layer. Based on this transfer matrix, we get the analytical form of the dispersion relation, refractive index, and transmission/reflection coefficient of the macroscopic medium. The developed theory can handle single-layer and few-layers of homogeneous and heterogeneous 2D materials, investigate homogeneous 2D materials with various vacancies or insertion atomic-layer defects, study compound 2D materials with a unit cell composed of several elements in both the lateral and parallel directions with respect to the light transport.

关 键 词：atomic-scale electromagnetic theory two-dimensional materials transfer matrix method 

分 类 号：O431.1[机械工程—光学工程]